Barringtonia. | MYRTACE (Sond.) 523 
(small) on very short petioles, opposite, coriaceous, a little veined, 
elliptical or suborbiculate, with recurved margins ; peduncles axillary, © 
1-flowered, solitary, geminate or ternate, about as long as the leaves, 
glabrous as well as the calyx ; berry globose, usually 1-seeded. Meme- 
cylon Capense, H. & Z./ 1772. 
Var. 8, major; leaves and flowers larger. 
Has. Sandy downs near the Bosjesmansriver, and between Zwartkops and Koega- 
river, E. & Z./ Zey.! 2466. Var. 8. sandy hills between Omtendo and Omsamculo, 
Drege. ¥Feb.—April. (Herb. D., Hk., Sd.) 
Shrub 4-6 feet high, with opposite or aggregated, greyish branches. Leaves pale 
green, 6-8 lines long, 5-6 lines broad, in var. 8. 10-12 lines long, 8 lines broad. 
Petiole 4 line long, sulcate. Peduncles about 7 inch. Petals 2 lines, in var. 8. 3 lines 
long, obovate. ; 
5. E. Gueinzii (Sond.) ; quite glabrous ; branches terete, when young 
subcompressed ; leaves (large) on very short petioles, opposite, coriaceous, 
slightly veined and dotted beneath, elliptic or broad-ovate, subcordate 
at the base, with recurved margins ; peduncles axillary, geminate, 
1-flowered, 4 times shorter than the leaves ; calyx-lobes obtuse, twice 
shorter than the obovate petals. 
Has. Port Natal, Gueinzius. (Herb. Hk., Sd.) 
Erect shrub. Branches purplish. Petiole 1 linelong. Leaves 14-2 inches long, 
14-14 inch broad, shining above, much paler beneath. Peduncles 4-5 lines long. 
Calyx-lobes much dotted. Petals unguiculate, 3 lines long. Fruit unknown. 
0+ IV. BARRINGTONIA, Forst. 
Calyx-tube ovate ; limb 2-3-4-parted ; lobes ovate, obtuse, concave, 
persistent. Petals 4, coriaceous, attached to the ring at the base of the 
stamens. Stamens numerous, in several rows ; filaments filiform, long, 
distinct, combined at the base into a short ring ; all bearing anthers. 
Ovary 2-4-celled, surmounted by an urceolus sheathing the base of the 
style ; ovules 2-6 in each cell. Style filiform ; stigma simple. Fruit 
fleshy, more or less 4-angled, crowned by the limb of the calyx, 1-celled. 
Seed solitary. Hmbryo large, fleshy, not separable into cotyledons and 
radicle, formed of two concentric, homogeneous, combined layers. W. 
& Arnott. prodr. 333. Stravadium, Juss. 
Trees. Leaves crowded about the ends of the branches, opposite or verticillate, 
obovate, quite entire or crenated or serrated, without pellucid dots. Flowers race- 
mose. Name in honour of Dr. Barrington. 
1. B. racemosa (Roxb. fl. Ind. 2. 634) ; leaves cuneate-oblong, shortly 
acuminate, serrulated or crenulated ; flowers forming a long, pendulous 
raceme ; pedicels short ; calyx 3-4-cleft ; fruit ovate ; endocarp fibrous. 
W. § Arn. 1. c. Blume in DC. Prod. 3. 288. B Caffra, EH. Meyer. mn 
herb. Drege. 
Has. Near Port Natal, Drege, Gueinzius, 459, 542,575. (Herb. Sd.) 
Leaves 3-1 foot long, 3-5 inches broad. Raceme 1 foot or longer. Pedicels 
3 lines, calyx 6 lines long, with ovate lobes. Petals ovate, 10-12 lines long. Sta- 
mens longer than the petals, but shorter than the style. Fruit 2 inches long, 4 inch 
wide. Seed the size of a walnut. The South African specimens are not different 
from those collected by Zollinger in Java, except that in the latter the pedicels are 
as long as the calyx or a little longer. 
